Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women (French Edition)

by: Afkhami, Mahnaz; Eisenberg, Ann; Vaziri, Haleh

Publication date: 2002

Topics: Leadership, Women's leadership, Participatory leadership, Transformative leadership, Democratic leadership, Organizational development, Agency, Empowerment of women, Grassroots training

Publisher: Women's Learning Partnership

Collection: wlppublications; learningpartnership; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Internet Archive

Contributor: Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace (WLP)

Language: French

Leading to Choices is a leadership manual based on a conceptualization of leadership as horizontal, inclusive, and participatory. In this model, leadership is viewed as a process that leads to greater choices for all by fostering communication among individuals who learn from each other, create a shared vision, and reach a common goal forged by consensus. The handbook responds to the need for leaders who aspire to create egalitarian, democratic, and pluralistic societies based on collaborative decision-making, coalition-building, and gender equality. Leading to Choices is designed to be adapted and customized to suit the diverse cultural, political, and socio-economic needs of women and men around the world. Meant for use in interactive workshops, the handbook includes "Guidelines for Facilitating" that enable the user to create a stimulating environment that promotes mutual respect, dialogue, and collaboration.

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Context: Women in Togo, Senegal, Cameroon, Mauritania, and Morocco, among other countries, are using the French edition of Leading to Choices (Montrer Le Chemin) to develop skills for political decision-making, conflict resolution, and peace building. For instance, Moroccan workshops includes participants who are development activists, women's rights advocates, literacy instructors, technicians, lawyers and teachers, and in Mauritania workshop participants have established a network of women's organizations.